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Moulding   /mˈoʊldɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Moulding, Molding  n.  
1.
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
2.
Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal, or sculptures.
Synonyms: mold, mould, molding, modeling, clay sculpture.
3.
(Arch.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.
4.
Especially: A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing.
Synonyms: moolding.
5.
A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied.
Synonyms: modeling, moulding.



moulding  n.  
1.
A sculpture produced by molding.
Synonyms: mold, mould, molding, modeling, clay sculpture.
2.
A decorative recessed or relieved surface.
Synonyms: molding, border.
3.
A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing.
Synonyms: molding.
4.
A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied.
Synonyms: modeling, molding.



verb
Mould, Mold  v. t.  (past & past part. molded or moulded; pres. part. molding or moulding)  To cover with mold or soil. (R.)



adjective
Moulding, Molding  adj.  Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.
Molding board or Moulding board.
(a)
See Follow board, under Follow, v. t.
(b)
A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped.
Molding machine or Moulding machine.
(a)
(Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings.
(b)
(Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
Molding mill or Moulding mill, a mill for shaping timber.
Molding sand or Moulding sand (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.






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"Moulding" Quotes from Famous Books



... disposed of enormous sums for the purpose of moulding American public opinion. I, in Berlin, was without one cent with which to place America's side before the German people. It is a conflict of two systems. In Berlin I did not even have money to pay private detectives and on the rare ...
— Face to Face with Kaiserism • James W. Gerard

... were hung with dull blue paper of a very rough texture set off by a narrow picture moulding of ivory white. A dark red carpet covered with rugs and skins lay on the floor. Upon the left-hand wall, reaching to the floor, hung a huge rug of sombre colours against which were fixed a fencing trophy, a pair of antlers, a little water colour sketch of a Norwegian fjord, and Vandover's ...
— Vandover and the Brute • Frank Norris

... has n't hurt you," Shelton said. He was quite close to her, well able to see her face—a curious face with high cheek-bones and a flatfish moulding, enigmatic, yet strangely passionate for all its listless pallor. Her smiling, tightened lips were pallid; pallid, too, her grey and deep-set eyes with greenish tints; above all, pale the ashy mass of hair coiled under ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... breaks fiercest and the cry "Down with Tyrants!" most loudly sounds, there Danton the revolutionist, the pock-marked Thunderer, leads the way, whipping up new fury and moulding them to his will with his appeal 'gainst "Starvation—oppression—ages of injustice—vile prisons where innocent ones die ...
— Orphans of the Storm • Henry MacMahon

... shall have A cold lodging in the grave; When swift Death shall overtake us, We shall sleep and none can wake us. Drink we then the juice o' the vine Make our breasts Lyaeus' shrine; Bacchus, our debauch beholding, By thy image I am moulding, Whilst my brains I do replenish With this draught of unmixed Rhenish; By thy full-branched ivy twine; By this sparkling glass of wine; By thy Thyrsus so renowned: By the healths with which th' art ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan


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